2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Jul 14, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook

Medical Assisting, CA


CODE: MA-CT     |     TOTAL CREDITS: 34     |     FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible

This certificate is not intended for transfer to UNLV, UNR, or NSU.  Some of the courses may be eligible for transfer depending on the policies of the institution you are transferring to.  Students who wish to transfer should consult with their assigned advising unit.

ACADEMIC MAP: Map: CSN CA Medical Assisting 


AREA OF STUDY: Health Sciences

OPEN ENTRY
There may be specific requirements for this program. Contact the Program via the phone number and/or email address listed on the advisement sheet. Go to the Health Sciences Program Requirements page at csn.edu/health-sciences-program-requirements, click the “Open Entry Programs” tab, locate your program then click the “Important Information & Forms” link.
 
Note: Prospective students are expected to meet this program’s Essential Functions. To review the Essential Functions for this program, go to csn.edu/health-sciences-program-requirements, select your program, and click the link. Learners with a documented need for accommodation must contact the Disability Resources Center (csn.edu/disability-resource-center).

GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT
Important information about the educational debt, earnings, and completion rates of students who attended this program are located at www.csn.edu/gainful-employment.

DESCRIPTION
As a medical assistant, you will be a multi-skilled professional, dedicated to assisting in patient care management. You will be trained to perform administrative and clinical/laboratory duties and may manage emergency situations, facilities, and/or personnel. The clinical duties of medical assistants include preparing patients for examinations and treatments; taking vital signs and medical histories, sterilizing instruments; performing diagnostic tests and basic laboratory procedures; and assisting the physician with examinations and minor office surgery. Administrative duties include scheduling and receiving patients; obtaining patient data; establishing and maintaining confidential medical records; handling telephone calls, preparing correspondence and reports; purchasing supplies and maintaining equipment; and assuming responsibility for the daily office business.  This is an accelerated program that prepares students to test for two distinct healthcare credentials.

SPECIALIZED ACCREDITATION
The Medical Assisting program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of Curriculum Review Board of The American Association of Medical Office Assistants Endowment (CRB-AAMAE). Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, (727) 210-2350.

COMPUTATION & HUMAN RELATIONS COMPONENTS
  • Computation: MA 110B
  • Human Relations: MA 130B

 

Student Learning Outcomes


  1. Demonstrate competencies necessary to challenge the national certification examination and earn a certified credential.
  2. Demonstrate the skills and abilities necessary to find employment in the field or continue with their education in pursuit of a degree.
  3. Demonstrate entry level competencies as defined by the Medical Assisting Education Review Board.

General Education Requirements


TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 3